‘Affluenza’ mom Tonya Couch returns to Texas and booked into jail

The mother of “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch stepped off a commercial American Airlines flight at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport around 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

Meanwhile, her attorneys released a statement saying she had done nothing illegal and wanted to get back to Texas as soon as possible.

– The mother of the infamous affluenza teen has arrived in North Texas and will spend Thursday night at the Tarrant County Jail.

Ethan Couch remains in a Mexican jail where his lawyers are fighting deportation.

Tonya Couch faces a charge of helping her son, Ethan Couch, evade capture.

The decision to move Couch was made because the Mexico City facility for detaining migrants is larger and better equipped to hold someone for days or weeks.

She faces a charge of hindering the apprehension of a felon, and her bond has been set at $1 million.

Tonya Couch had been deported from Mexico at the end of December and sent to Los Angeles where she was placed in custody. He also says Tonya was polite, cooperative and appreciated the way she was treated by the sheriff’s office.

Officials said earlier this week that the Couches’ escape appeared to have been planned; In fact, Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson told reporters that authorities learned of “something that was nearly akin to a going-away party”.

Tonya Couch returned to the United States last week and had been in the custody of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Tonya Couch, the mother of so-called affluenza teen Ethan Couch, has arrived in Texas, where she’s been charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon. Drinking alcohol violates the terms of his probation. “It’s not a question if he’s coming back; it’s a question of when he’s coming”.

Patten did not immediately respond to calls Thursday seeking comment.

Authorities believe the pair fled there in November as Texas prosecutors investigated whether he had violated his probation in a vehicle crash that killed four people. Couch received probation after a drunken-driving incident that left four dead in 2013, his defense arguing that he had “affluenza” because of his wealthy upbringing.